Shah won last year's Bee by correctly spelling 'psammophile,' which he told Scripps News' Chris Stewart was a 'relatively easier' word.
Dev Shah will only be the reigning Scripps National Spelling Bee champion for a few more days, until the 96th annual winner takes over the role on May 30. Still, the 2023 winner has an inside look at how this year's contestants might be feeling now that the competition has finally gotten underway, and he shared that intel with Scripps News.
"I know that a lot of spellers right now are really, really nervous, but that's because they're predicting what's gonna happen in 15 rounds," Shah said. "With a lot of these words, especially the couple earlier rounds … we're going to see words that I don't want to say are basic, but words that you can piece out easily," Shah said."So my advice really would be try to look at the definition, because in the definition you can recognize roots."
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